What Is the BPOS Student/ECR Online Event and Who Can Present?

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The BPOS Student/ECR Online Event is an online gathering run by the British Psychosocial Oncology Society (BPOS) for its student and Early Career Researcher (ECR) members. It is designed as a space to share research or practice, connect with peers, and help shape future BPOS activities. Presenter slots are specifically aimed at student and ECR members: BPOS has issued a call for presenters inviting those members to present their research or practice at the event.

Who the event is for

BPOS describes the event as a Student/ECR event and its call for presenters is addressed to "student and Early Career Researcher members." Two conditions follow from that wording:

  • You need to be a BPOS member. The invitation is framed around membership, so joining BPOS is the practical first step if you are not already a member.
  • You need to be a student or an early career researcher. The event is not pitched as a general conference session; it is reserved for this career stage.

BPOS welcomes members from across disciplines who have an interest in education and research in psychosocial oncology, and its members work with people diagnosed with cancer, their families and friends, and the professionals who care for them across the care pathway. If your work sits anywhere in that space and you are at student or ECR stage, this is the audience the event is built for.

What presenting involves

Based on BPOS's call for presenters, a presentation is an opportunity to share either:

  • Research — your own study or findings in psychosocial oncology, or
  • Practice — work you are doing in a clinical, educational or service setting.

The event is explicitly not only about formal research output. BPOS frames it as a chance to "share your research or practice," which means practice-based work is treated as a legitimate contribution. The stated aims are to connect with peers and to help shape future BPOS activities — so expect a discussion-oriented format rather than a purely formal academic platform.

How to take part

The concrete steps, as supported by the BPOS site:

  1. Check your eligibility — confirm you are a BPOS student or ECR member.
  2. Respond to the call for presenters — BPOS publishes a call inviting student and ECR members to present. The site's recent highlights list a call for presenters for the Student/ECR Online Event, dated 2 October 2026.
  3. Prepare your contribution — a short share of your research or practice, framed for a peer audience.
  4. Attend and engage — the event is online, so participation is remote.

For current dates, submission details and the exact format, use the event page linked from the BPOS site ("Find Out More" on the Student/ECR event item) rather than relying on a summary, since deadlines and formats change between cycles.

Where it fits in the wider BPOS picture

BPOS was founded in 1983 to advance and promote knowledge in psychosocial oncology through education, clinical practice and research, and it is a member of the IPOS International Federation of National Psychosocial Oncology Societies. The Student/ECR Online Event sits alongside the society's larger activities — notably the BPOS Annual Conference, whose 2027 abstract submissions are open across the full breadth of psychosocial oncology, and the 2026 annual conference. For students and ECRs, the online event is the lower-barrier entry point: a peer setting to test a presentation before submitting to the annual conference.

Practical considerations

  • Membership first. Because the call is addressed to members, budget time to join BPOS before a presentation deadline.
  • Scope your topic to psychosocial oncology. Education, clinical practice and research are all in scope, but the subject should relate to the psychosocial side of cancer care.
  • Watch the listing dates. The BPOS highlights show event and call dates that do not always match the event year in the title, so confirm the live date on the event page.
  • Use it as a stepping stone. Presenting here builds a track record that supports an abstract for the annual conference.